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Us at DiveIceland.com are now offering snorkeling tours to Silfra. As we have been offering diving tours for 16 years there is no-one who knows Silfra as well as out head instructor Hedinn Olafsson. Using his experience we have put together what we belive is the best snorkeling tour you can get to Silfra. While

At the cold upper reaches of the Atlantic, Iceland is marked by the fiery wrath of volcanoes and the cool precision of steamrolling glaciers. It's also a spot of remarkable instability, situated right on top of the rift between the North American and European tectonic plates. Dubbed Silfra, the fissure is filled with water that, melted from glaciers and filtered through lava fields, is some of the clearest on the planet, often topping 300 feet (91 meters) of visibility. Though the water barely scrapes above freezing, it's a favorite among divers.

The dive starts on a nondescript platform in the barren tundra of Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. There, divers squeeze into down-lined drysuits and plunge into the water. Few visible creatures live down there other than the occasional trout. Instead, the appeal is the experience of slipping between two of the Earth's great bones, witnessing the fissure's cathedral-like formations, and watching a light show of sunbeams filtering through the rocks and water.
Arctic Adventures offers two-tank dives in Silfra for $248, including equipment and transportation from Reykjavik (www.adventures.is) as well as rafting, caving, glacier hiking, mountain biking, whale watching, and canoeing trips.